Mind-Body Medicine

06/14/2012

Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, Pioneer in Consciousness-Based Health Care, to Provide August 2012 Commencement Address for College of MBM

Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, MBM Graduation Speaker

Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, PhD, will provide the commencement address for the College of Mind-Body Medicine in San Diego on August 14 at 7:30 PM. Saybrook students, faculty, and their friends and families are invited to attend the commencement program.

Marilyn Schlitz is a clinical research scientist and medical anthropologist. She is the President and CEO of the Institute of Noetic Science, and Senior Scientist at the Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco. Dr. Schlitz is the author of Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life (Noetic Books/New Harbinger, 2008) and Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind-Body Medicine (Churchill Livingstone, 2004), and numerous book chapters and scientific articles on consciousness, healing, and human transformation.

Early in her career, Marilyn Schlitz developed an interest in remote viewing and paranormal phenomena. She has pursued research on psychophysiology, cross cultural healing, and the role of consciousness in health and healing. Her research studies include investigations of “compassionate intention” as a therapeutic intervention by partners of cancer victims, and the role of “distant intention” in healing. Dr. Schlitz has lectured worldwide, including presentations to the United Nations, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Explorers Club.

Dr. Schlitz also recently agreed to serve as part time faculty at the Saybrook University College of Mind-Body Medicine, and is currently serving on one doctoral dissertation committee.